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eseseninentingui
at tustances over gall - tearnat nen
when the range is known.
The etandard of accuracy in our
service requires that the mean error *
for trained soldiers in judging chat_
ace s within 800 yards rellge shook' •
not exceed 100 yards. In Judging
distance tests, officers, non-comp:des
stoned attic:era, and naert whose error
exceeds twenty per centare regardea
as ineffteient,
In Germany, according to "Neteit
on Visual Training," published by
Gale and Polden, the best judges
make ten per centof error; in Ana,
tria the average error is twelve pee
cent. In France fifteen per centlaid s tit
doenn as the nermal error Up to
1,000 yards. In America a very peace
tical sliding scale is in vogue, where
he highest skill in shooting must be
ceehapanied by a high standard ht
utiging,distance.
Many Religions Mingled.
The news of the death of the Barr
f Mexborough at Florence revivee
nterest in a remarkable persenality
and family long rutted for its curl-
usly mixed marriages. The Earl,
sho was in his Vard year, was many
Years ago converted to Buddhism, a
step winch caused no little surpriact
, fallowing as it did the conversion to
the itestima faith of Lord Headley.
; Tie Earl, a -hose step -mother was a
tewm-r, who became a Roman Cathoe
iie. mite
P arr 1 three times. His
was a Roman Catholic,
eis third wife a -as a Protestant, and
-mom, the Hon. John Henry
half-brother, is a- Roman
Loiie. who married the Hon. Mar-
e ear, t Ram terleall-Hugessen, a ptai
a it: me.
ad. orkehire ;teat of the Mex-
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BLENIE-.AV
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• Dadaidi IiS-dierrritlescence-Captain Yen
Sciralling's attitude toward me- often
Jett ma young and unsophisticated as, I
Was, puzzled and at a loss to define; a
vague something back of his mann 'r.
• i
Afterward I understood.
1
On the other hand, I had many de-
lighlui talks with Captain Frazer
-whenever ray duties permitted, though
I did not realize then how blank tee
time was between these talks or bowl I
looked forward to them as the brignt
est -moments in my day. Our conver-
sations were simple and _ordinary
ettougb, but Von Schulling resented
them and even went as far as to imply
that Captain. Frazer and Myself were
ja some undefined way leagued against
him. Looking back, I reelize how font-
ishly blind I woe in those days, but
the light of succeeding events 1 c
only thank heaven for my blindness.
, Captain on Schulling often tried iiy
patience to the utmost, but I mad a
determined effort to see only the best
in him, though Captain Frazer's oc R-
ama". cool interjections showed me e
hopelessness of my efforts. The inn
was absurdly sentimental or brute ly
callous by turns, an almost bared' ,le
teemnabition of childishness and b
• ailly.
1- As time passed rumors of impending
danger came to our ears, and vrith
than Von &hulling developed a queer
exaltation, as though he felt the a,p.
preach of the time when he should. be
la poem. With it there crept into his
701‘040 lind alaaner an arrogant and as -
tone which irritated me to the
/MOW degree, though Captain Fraser
psseed It over in amused silence. Then
obe morning the enemy's tiring grew
noes distinct; carts began passing the
liesptial laden wfth household goods.
liroves of cattle -even little boys Med
ittriair each with a bundle done up in a
newel or pillow slip -tiny mites of tour
and live doing all they could to sate
the home; mothers with baits at the.
breast -came in endless, streams.
Sometimes beside the roadway long
rows of fugitives would sit, resting be-
fore recommencing Their journey, 1 re
call one group of little children alotie.
unattended. 'It was a pathetic pictore
that will live in my memory: forever.
Ail this proved only too concluslyoly
that the enemy Was advancing mid
that our lines were hurriedly falling
back.
These things seemed to stimulate. to
encourage Von Scbuiling to make hiee
self generally offensive. As I was ehaOg-
ing the bandages on his wounded sboin-
der one morning be put his other atm
about me and drew me to him until is
lips touched my face. I freed mys et
il
at once, but in spite of ray nate -Le
anger, the ingtinctive fear ofat
Captain Frazer would attempt to do it'
1 disclosed the situation beld u3e Mica.
Nevertheless I looked anxiously aert ss
the room to be sure he had not sen,
and Von Schuliing, catching my hdr-
ried glance, flung himself back on Ins
bed, muttering with an oath something
about "your schweinhutid lover."
The situation was an impossible oac,
and I could see no better course then
to leave him. What happened after I
left the room I learned later from
Captain Frazer.
Captain von Sehulling lay muttering
for some time, then gathering his
strength he struggled to his feet for
the first time in weeks. Clinging to
the wall and to the table that was
between their cots, he made ids way to
Captain Frazer and atood for a Mo-
ment looking down on the despised
Englishnian. Perhaps some latent de-
cency held him back for a moment,
but the cold blooded indifference en-
gendered by the scenes of suffering a
torture through which he had
cboked out all better impulsea, and e
stooped ewer his desperately aro=
enemy with a look of murderous hate.
Captain Frazer felt from the first no -
rent what Von &nulling bitended to
do and lay silentny collecting all ilis
fraaculetinest Ifiunor sat_ supreme effort when tie
can
I have tried to persuade myself Unit
Von Schulling was delirious at the
time and that he could not have done
what be did In cold blood.
However this may be, Von Schulling
marshaled his strength for a second
time and suddenly tore off the band-
ages about Ids enemy's wound. Cap-
tain Frazer struggled with feeble
strength to ward off the attack,. but his
efforts must have been pitifully week,
for Von Schuilletets attempt was al-
most successful.
Downstairs !nothing mune to nate
for the second tive ir my life, which
I carmot explain by any human agerOy,
was busy in OLIO of the wards
for no apparent reason, it was borne in
on me that I must enturn at once to
Captain Frazer's bedside. I have many
times thanked the fates, or whateVer
guardian angel had me that day Milts
keeping, for bringing me that compel-
ling message and for the fact t
without stopping to reason k obey
running up the stairs to the little attic
room where my cherges lay -an insis-
tent premonition of danger knocking at
ASTOR IA
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I b st Into the room
ing t all wby I did so,
tain hat 1 grasped the si
for e impulse that ha
ther . Captain yen Schu
the nglishman's bedsid
pression on his face tha
to se again. Captain F
a ha contemptuousc
rainl trybig to. rea.rr
1111-F
Th next new mome
hick on them, seemed to
awf nightmaxe. I kno
forw rd and flung in
Sch g, forcing him
stren back toward hi
natel for me, the man
arm at he could use, a
for saptaln Frazer, too,
that aved his life. Alth
sian ought me off like
with a 'chid of
p that I Rue sure g
It never occ
eall or help. With all
fo the man back ine
at Iaz 1 managed to
his . I stood oyer
ash -tried to rise, then,
ant te in his face, he f
bed anlead faint.
11 -him and darted
to here Captain
and bite, but un
bling fingers I crudely
ban ges. Once or twi
the ork to run rt,o the
for elp, but no
e I struggled vrith
I w utterly absorbed,
last ey were in place
for moment passed
And en Schulling sittin
of bed and staring
half bewndered rage in
!sent shudder through
enly from below
dem in broke out,
moto cans. coming and
shou and screams of
men. Coupled with th
dun thunder of a burs
r with the hideous
sives.
to the -window to
ning and then, he
curse behind me,.
Schulling locking
stoma there fora
ins weakness, an
aid:
w I've got youboth
be threw the key
geth
expl
happ
and
Von
man
Ing
leer,
An
dow.
Ir
as m
but
actio
but
pre
that
_the
edly
ward
Prus
zne a
thou t kiow-
but am ceo-
iation soener
• bronght me
'ling ettood by
with an ex -
I hope never
azer ley ith
1n bis ps,
ge tbe an-
ts, asi I )ook
•me 1iIe s me
that
self n o
th u wonted
bed. 1Fart?
had only one
d fortunately
or it *as this
ugh the Prus-
ne demented,
dictive tri-
ve xi4 added
ed to me to
DY owtr1
by in a til
g hix4 entente
for a wend
th Ph -
bac on bis
rep
Ipazse4Lin
oer and lean
came,
the b.nthiges
and hen at
d the danger
looked up to
on the edge
t me with
his eyes that
e. I
perfect Itali-
e sounct of
oing and: the
melo and !we-
eze cane thd
.agsbeii, to
crash of high
see wnat was
g laugh
rned to And
door. The
omene, sWay-
then, with a
th
out tile
ember thinldne o the situatien
rely absurd rather han dramatic,
moment later I re lized that his
wee not the result of delirium,
at he had a ve definite and
ant reason for turn,. g the loce at
°melt. ,lust then the handle of
o'er rattled, and so.'e one
called my eame. sprang 'for-
tis answer, but as did' so the
Jan thing his one .'.d a about
d crushed .me aga sst h breast
With All My Power 1 F reed
Back Inch by Inch.
So tightly that I coul
sound. I was almost
the time that I had
there came no answer
though I could hear fp
dow.0 the stairs outside.
with Von Schulling and
zer, who, I was thankfel, had lost
sciousness some moment befosel
Schtaling again caught e by the
and dragged me to tbe I ingo*, w
I could scarcely .credit e sight
met my gaZe.
Swarming before the
long lines beyond were
squadron of advancing*
Schniling tea.s beside bi
and Screaming like 'a
not Make a
ocated. By
truggled free
o, my serkm,
tstepa racing
I wets one
Captain
con -
Ton
arm
here
that
hatean and in
quadron after
avalrY. Von
self, h orl ting
an lad: "Wel-
koranep, mine kamaran n! Der Tag!"
Speaking in a tone that carried a
note of unquestioned he rail-
ed in German: "Stop! Tin lain° key.
Break the lock, but do not batter down
the oor."
Th znen on the other We raest been
NERVO S TROUB E
Lydia E. P Jun Vegeta.
ble Com s und Helped Her.
West Denby
nervous troubl
N. Y.- i` I have had
all my life until I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com-
pound for nerves
and for female trou-
bles and it straight-
ened me out in good
shape.' I work nearly
all the time, as we
live on a farm and I
baye flour girls. Ido
all mY sewing and
other 'work with
their
-sholvs that $
the Compound
dauOter came
I have also ha
and it did her 1
the home all t
it." -Mrs. DE
DertbyoN. Y.
Sleeplessness
ity, backache,
mations, all po
merits which m
E. Pinkhsm's
This famous
ingredients of
native roots
years proved
and invigarato
Woman eve
mony to the w
E. Pinkham'e
nd it real
when my
and it he
my oldes
ta of go
e time an
TT SIN
#
•elp, so it
well. I took
ten year old
•ed me a lot.
, girl take it
keep it in
recommend
BAUGH, West
nervous es., irritabil-
eadac.hes, egging sen-
nt to fe ale derange -
y be over borne by Lydia
egetable .mpound.
remedy, e medicinal
eh are derived from
d herbs, as for forty
banniost aluable tonic
of *eternal* organism.
here bear willing testi-
nderful virtue of Lydia
optible Ompound,
-•
recognized. an accepted 1 the tone,
for they car Ily obeyed, and a mo-
ment later the door ererung open, dis-
closing half a dozen y now uhlans
from Stuttgart athered on the landing
outside. Then ey parted and an offi-
cer, 9bviotu3ly a Saxon, stepped fon
warCitnd surv yed th cool an -
be addr Von banning.
o are yo and w are these
people?" he ask d.
"1 • 44 Cap • von e , b. g of the
Elia • • ith She, as you see, 12 a
d that fellow there,"
ptuouslyo "is, 1 thtuk,
nurse.
he added conte
a dead Englis
"'tithed rank r
1 answered
"He Is Capt Frazer of the —
Sikh Indian and is desperately
ill. Have I yo to attend
hbrt immediate! 7,
Cartablin tilein," he said. "Is
tkeze.anything y men do to heil,
Your
I was amazed at this kindness, and
my eyes have betrayed my
tbotights, for h added q ckly:
"Tot have n thing to f , trauletn,
from either m self or in men," and
turning to Von chulling le said, "Are
you able to co e with m and make a
report to the c lonelr
"Tear And slipping on his long
military coat, t ther th y passed out'
of the door an down- the stairs. First,
however -after a whisper d npark or
two, from Von Schulling the captain
posted two m on gear outside the
door.
With tremb g fingers set to work
to readjust be r the • rn bandages
and to bring aptain r back to
confide-03nm. Fortma ly, God had
blessed him wi a consti tion of Irene,
so it was not 1 g before e opened bis
ones. I ffid n t speak. waited to
hear what he °laid say.
"Well." he d rather sadly, "our
men have had to fall beck. It raust,
have been a pr tty hurrien retreat for
such a thing as tine to have happened,
and all the w e I have been lying.
here compl knocked out," and ke
muttered som g that was sus-
piciously like oath, t has hap-
pened?"
"The German have adeanced," I an-
swered, "and e in pOt1180251011 of onr
hospital, but e officer Who was here,.
will treat us w41, am none. He Md.
me that we ha e nothing to fear. He
asked who you were, and I told him."
"And only • ke np ve n it was all,
over," he anal' bitterly. "What's be-
come of Von ullingr
•low•••••••••...,
PTER
and Hunting.
taken, Certain Frazer
est German
of the come
after my ar-
ngh the hoo-
k command
lin my tem-
oduiPPed
every detain
CH
HUB
E were
and I,
camp
try.
rival I was es
pital by erne of
by way of ins
poreary:duties.
Tbe bosPftil
and well m
There were tients of all kinds.,
wounded Eng isb, Fren h and Bel-
gians. Some ere Be civilians
whO had been brought this camp
beb4use of in ubordina 4nn and had
been interned miscu sly with the
soldiers. It 0 k me, however; that
they were all o age to beer gems.
I had heard many ors of the
great diffe:renc made by tile Germans
in the treatene t of their the
English having
but candor coir
this particular
existed. They ft
to food, it seem
lea without su
fast with one
bread, and a en
plaCed from '
cheat:nuts; son
bread at tea ti
not seem a ve
for sick men.
tore and nurs
conacientious.
A. thing quit
me was the ca
ways anxious
wen were tr
ca e one after
the*e a tew d
sta ding nt the
head surgeon s
smitten, He
to the la
that pa
e mornin
orted thr
he office
cting 11
tself was
aged in
always t e worst of it,
pels me td Otte that in
hospital favoritism
11 fared relther badly as
ed to ma for coffee or
gar or k for break -
small s ce of black
p of soup for lunch, te-
e to tl e by boiled
and a s 1 piece of
e, and. no supper, did
itberal or suitable diet
owever, both the doe-
s seemed to me quite
new and interesting to
p nd I was al-
to see re Ily how the
ated. My opportunity
noon when 1 had been
ys. I bappened to be
door at the,moment the
arted on is tour of In -
as a pl Sant, kindly
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
1
man or about Minn -tine, Who Med
shown me considerationon several oc-
casions. Notleing me, he Stopped and
said:
"Fraulehe my Interpreter is on sick
leave today. Will you come with me on
my tour of inspection?"
It was a command in spite of his way
of putting it, but one that I -was happy
to obey.
First we entered the "quarantine
pen," as he described it
"Here," be said, "we keep all our
newly arrived prisoners for a period of
four weeks until we are certain they
have no contagious disease,"
I do not know how many were there,
but certainly hundreds, as the tent cov-
ered perhaps two acres of ground. It
was separated from an adjoining one
by a barbed wire fence and a roadway
eight or ten feet wide.
The head, sprgeon said to the men in
German thet any who Were in should
come and speak to hien, but warned
them that he had no time to listen to
Imaginary complaints. He then bad
me repeat this in Eaglish tind In
French.
A confparatively small number came
forward, arid of them oily one seemed
sufficiently ill to need immediate at-
tention.
He was an Irian yeuth. I could
scarcely believe be was old enough to
have been accepted tot service. ,The
moment be spoke I knew be wits n
gentleman. He WaS se ill 1 realized
that the malady nrust have been de.
neloring for mineral &teea. at lease end
I quickly asked him why he bad so
neglected himself.
He looked up at me rather shyly and
said:
"I would not have come today If you
hadn't been here, The interpreter
browbeats a fellow so. I'd rather have
nothing to do with thertl."
He was sent at once to the hospital.
My idea concerning hint proved cor-
rect. He Was a younger son of one of
the best knawn Irish fannites, who, not
being able Ito go as an officer, had, as
have so many Englishmen of birth,
gone as a private.
The suegeon rapily passed on to the
buildings. ;There were Oerhaps adozen
of these, !low buildings of stained
boards standing on brick foundetIons,
each exactly like the other, I ;Named
afterward that each was suppokd to
hold 200 to 225 men. They were heated
by stoves and lighted by electrlcity,
and the ventilation, I noticed, was ex-
cellent.
The mattresses lying on the floor
were of striped ducking, filled with
wood shavings about two feet thick.
In the center of the rciom were long,
narrow tables,. at which the men ate,
wrote and played game.
"Discipline here is maintained among
the men," the surgeon said to me, with
a certain pride, "by officers of their
own nationality. Of eourse, if any-
thing goes wrong we step in."
I had observed, however, that bat-
teries of artillery were stationed at
points of vantage here and there
around the camp and that each build-
ing had lookout towers in which sen-
tries mounted guard dilly and night.
By the time our tour was at an end
It was suppertime, and I saw on all
sides the nrisoners cooking their own
food. I reniarked to the surgeon that
the men were • having vegetables as
well as_bread for stipaer.
"Yes, lociay," he replied, "but it is
not a regular thing to have both, but
at noon they have good soup, in which
bas been cooked meat, and vegetables
and black bread."
Going out we passed tbe store. The
printed priee list was tiling up. I notic-
ed among the articles: on sale, soap,
brushes, shirts, towels, German die.
tionaries and French. English and Ger-
man grammars. There was no food on
the list.
The surgeon called My attention to
the price of the German grammars and
dictionarlea They were 6 cents each.
"You see," he explained, laughing,
"how the general staff encourage the
learning of our language," and then
he added gravely, "for they hope it
will lead to a better uuderstanding ot
us, and so make for great good."
I could raot resist the temptation to
ask, "So you feel that to know the
Germans Is to love theta?"
For a Moment he did not know
whether to be angry on to laugh, Per-
haps 1 looned at him a Little apologeld.
teeny, which threw the balance in fame
of the latter, for he sniffed and maid,
"But I am afraid the knowledge of a
language doesn't meat 'mowing Me
people, as many Germans know Mr
lish"- and be left the sentence units-
ished.
"And do the English know Germaar
I asked.
"Not • metny," he answered. "And
those who do haee learned it in order
to read philcoophy, liberatare, sciencia
-and there it ends. After all," he con-
tinued with characteristic German ane
"mn own °platen is that lan-
guage canaot express good will union
It is already there, and if that is lack-
ing the mare closely twfo peoples come
into contact the more 1te1y they are te
discover points of die ement and
ultimately to quarrel."
Germany undoubtedly made mina -
taking provision for every possible con -
tingency arising out of
She even held yearly
&Istriai establishment
moment's uotice they
pie, turn from tke man
to the making of shra
numbers of her wou
medical organization
a state of war,
anenvers at ba-
se) that at a
ight, for exam -
facture of toys
pnel. Yet vast
ed forted the
prepared. Pee -
VII
haps that was due to the fact that the
number of wounded far exceeded ail
expectations. However well equipped
a country may be, It snit rematas a
gentle task to care for a million WOUbil.
ed, and thet is what Germany had be
do. Throughant that eountry, I was
schools, univenettn gahGuillan.
told, as in Inntnce, vete
amusement halts were being turned
Into hospitals.
I was surprised to learn that German
wolfhounds are used in helping the or-
derlies pick up the Wounded on tbe
battlefields. Tbey have been of min-
able assistance. as wounded men in-
stinctively seek shelter and, owing to
the protective eoloring of their nee
forms. are very likete to be overitnete.I
by the searcher. .
The men brought in from the front
were washed. shaved and given fresh
clothing. If a patient bas received the
Iron cross or has been recommended
for such distinction the fact lit stated
in large letters on a tablet attached to
his bed.
The Germans have Made a careful
study of the psychology of the siek
room. They endeavor to ranke their
hospital wards cheerful anti plea -tent.
and the great majorityl of their trnin•
ed nurses are trim. nice looking girls.
whose air of coquetry an inistere eur-
geon seriously informed nu. ie "deemed
helpful to the patient."
1 was pleased to find In th R hoepital
that the chief bacteriolegist 1Wng a wo-
man and that the system Of surgery
was bighly conservative. Unbelievable
effort was made to sere limbs. and
their method of treating wohntle from
flrrniy embedded bullets wnit to len re
the bullet undisturbed wher.ever pns-
sible. 1
Slim nosed ritiZI epeetly It
Russian bullet la the moot humane.
Of all prelectilete Iftsy tio14,:tlifimil: fit:
infects tile wound in pteettet I 'I:. tett
IlIo at gee:greed and cetber IhTections
from Russian rifle fire are almost un-
known. I was agsure4t alsci that tire
Ameriesn made shrapnel fired froro
French guns canted the moit 'lacerat-
ing wounds.
The ward in the hos nal knovvn as
the "prison ward" was a dreary sight
indeed. The patients seenie41 to know
they were not wanted 4ndWere a bur-
den, their faces were awn and pale.
and all the bustling 4beerui atmos-
phere of the other war1s was lacking.
Though humanely cared. for, they keen-
ly felt the absence of a woman's hand,
as all the attendants Were men, and
men, too, who rarely undetstood the
language or the needs Fof their unhap-
py charges.
The saddest memory Of these days is
the burial of a French fficer. He had
been my patient, and I Iwas reluctantly
given permission to p y my last re-
spects by attending hi ftmenal. The
ceremony, although he was an enemy,
was simple and dignified- The pine
coffin was borne to the grave by six
German soldiers under arms accompa-
nied by a chaplain. On the coffin was
placed a wreath with a bros.4 ribbon in
the colors of the German fa Inscribed
tvith the words "Dem' tapf ren Brie -1
get' ("To the brave warrior' . It was
lowered gently into the gra e, a brief
service read, the grave filled with
earth and a wooden cross p ed at the
head which •gaye the name, date and
rank of the dead so1dIr. e wreath
was laid on the new m e ve. Then
the soldiers steed at tten one raised
their rifles skyward and ti ed a last
volley. .As I was leavin I n ticed they
were burying a Germ n so dier with
exactly the same cerer4onl
One afternoon 1 was jgIv1n massage
to one of my patients, 4 ver high Ger-
man, officer, • who, ex pt fcr a slight
parrlysis, was about Well. " He had an
unusually keen sense of humor; to
which nothing was saered, and; truth
to tell, I enjoyed heariiig WM talk Im-
mensely.
I had been with him but e few mo-
ments when. putting his fingers to his
lips, he whispered in French: "They're
let ter writing in the next ro4nn. If we
are quiet I thiniciave cau ear. It's
very funny." I listened. 'hey were
talking about matrimony. di cussing it
us a pure question of me aet value.
There seemed no shame ;tomtit it at all.
They were reading matrimotnal ether-
tiseieents from a German newspaper.
tieneral von T. said ta me: "The war
has changed the attitude of 3 oung girls
and older ones, too, wbo h. ve tneans
and are seeking- euitab e ma es. They
have greatly increased their efforts,
while marriageable men hate become
correspondingly shy. Ir be Women /re
getting less particular in their requte-
meats," he chuckled. "A girl with
200o marks would nanny have adver-
tised before the war for anything less
than an talker of the army or navy;
now site will giodly accept what is
technically described as a 'Defter gene
tlernana "
At that moment 1 neard the nurse
reading: "I call you who belong to me
n tbe world; you. too, are eeking in
marriage sanctuary, to 11714 in your
wife, as 1 in my hulband, the best
thing in life. Here Idam-true, I am
forty -two -but vresentty I s MI have a .
considerable fortune." Theyj evidently
did not care for this, the yo ng officer
seeking a wife and the nilirse, as I
heard them both laughTheta she read
another: "I seek you, my Iend and
my husband. I have a m1e and
sunny nature and hate th ordinary:
humdrum of life; all that I mend de -
ill
s.ire wgive purposed to your exist-
ence. Social and financial position ase
sured,
"Nichts fur tench," the yOung man
laughed.
A moment later she read: "Web
born, tall, pleasing in appearance, thiri
ty-twe years ad, seek suitable compan-
ion for life, havinn in My own right a
large fortune; no anonymous communie
adieus and no agente." We fancied
that one proved Interneting to him, as
lie lowered hl* TOICe dud seemed to be
dictating an emerwer.
inie exam& said: "I suppose aill this,
sort of ibing, wfth ,your Ametican.
ideas, shales -pea very' much; but you.
know that in ow service if an offlOer
desire, to marry be most find-loee or
no liove-a ski who an produce the
tereceseary rogniranue because there ie
a nase. died by the ealitairalte and war
dace regulations, wittekt any girl whd
entree twilliaarry aa, officer most poe-
sy*. She may bore More, you undere
lsugeutle
feri:4" soked in.gelfrstrankliing4m41'5:3 hae
keen'T
out od my owe fhe question wbetker
Ils vellis nartned or not, He must hurt
Ism it, hovewreo, for he slid: "Yes,
illoolein„ I sin married and; yery hap -4
pay to a charuabeg girl from Casein-,
inatti, If I wasn't," he added mis-
tfidenousty, "1 wound propogn to you,
became officers of a ce*taiii erade and
, np, I forgot to say, ave permitted td
Children CrY munty whom theei Eloe, eiew t? the girl
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CHAPTER XII.
Wisest to Obey.
treatment for which I most
ferv tly hoped as a prisoner
of wa was to be ignored, and
fo tely for me that was
the trtatmen 'I received, at any rate
for a. thne.
A good y of the oners bad
been sent ugh to Stu and I
wondered rather anxiously why Cap-
tain Frazer bad not been sent with
them, for it
that his capt
at the front,
danger of suc
seemed hardly possible
rs had, in keepIng him
been influenced by the
a journey to their pris-
oner. However, I was not left long in
doubt, for on night the officer In nano
raand sent for me,. When I reached
his office about midnight found. gath-
ered there three or four other officers,
and among them Captain Sindhauf, the
Saxon officer who had proved kindly
ana considerate ever 13111e2 my first en-
eounter with him the day the Germans
had taken possession of our hospital.
As I entered the room his eans met
Mine with what, in my naturally su-
persensitive itate, seemed to me spree -
thing of sadness and deprecation in
their depths.
idowever, I had no tirae to speculate
over the meaning of ins glance, for the
eommanding officer at once motioned
me to be seated and said:
"Fraulein, believe you ivill find it
_the wisest policy to obey implicitly
wbat I direct you to do. You have
been chosen to go through to the Eng-
lish lines and do a very valuable piece
of work for us. In fact," be said
bluntly, "I wish you to place tbeir nig
guns."
For a moment or two I was utterly
unable to grasp the meaning of what
was being said to me. Tben the abso-
lute barbarousness of it broke on me,
atinodn:I answered in a frenzy of indigna-
"How dare you -bow dare you sup-
pose that I woold do such a thingr
But the man's manner was utterly
unruffled, and he answered calralyt
"I think, fraulein, under the circum-
srntaynIncesstruyocutio.4swil.1„ find It wisest to obey
I could not answer him, and after a
moment, looking at me from under his
eyebrows in a meaner that struck me,
even in those circumstances, as being
In some way absurdly melodramatic,
he added: '
"Remember, fret:dein, your lover is -
our prisoner."
was absolutely dtmilounded. And
It slowly deemed on nai that it was
true. He had made me eonsdous for
the first time of the fact that Ca.ptein
Frazer was More, far more, to me than
merely a gallent, brave officer wounded
and under my charge.
I laughed rather kysterically, and the
commanding officer went on: "To be
explicit, I wish you to return to the
enemy's linea, ascertain where their
batteries are eituated and report to me
the strength Of their guns in a manner
that will be Indicated to you. If you
do this you will be amply repaid. On
the other hand, if yeti betray us or fail
to carry wat our instructions to the
minutest detail your British officer will
be marched. out to the co-urtyaed yon-
der and shot," and he pointed threat-
eningly to the gray time stained eourt
sprang
pea Forrl dos I nwng.nafdomerwrsonataorei
t I could not believe I
him correctly, then
"But you cannot -even you," I cried,
twould not dare do such a thine
He looked at me with a cold, unfal-
tering gaze mad said: "So it would ap-
pear you are not so deep in lais confi-
dence as I supposed. He ! 3 a spy. But
became I went this information I am
vvilling to let you win his release."
"He is an English officer," I answer-
ed, "who has been desperately ill for
weeks and who bas neither the oppor-
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FOR FLETCHER'S
CAS -1m° RIA
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tunity nor'- the desire rot. sucn Wo
How could be be a spy?"
"Doubtless you are eineere in your..
belief, fraulein, but-tbe fact remelne
he is." With this he bade one of tin)
officers etresent bring Captain Frazer. •
I sprang forward and in ray onnie
took the man's hand in mine.
"The fcatunes of war have made m*„,
your prisoner," I said, "but surely you
will not torture me. In the Frenctit
lines I attended your sick and wound*
ed as feithfully as our own, and now)
implore you in return, do not hare
Captain. Frazer brought here."
1 stood before him, my very soul ht.
nay eyes. but the general turned aWaX,
itb hardly a glance. I hack,;
beaten and helpiets. monsent later,
two men entered, 'carrying a streteber,
an which Captain Frazer lay, his face;
dr:iwn and white, but his eyes shining
wlb unfaltering (-mirage.
"There be is, fraulein." the general
said. "And I tell you he is a spy. Now
I give you your choke; you will do as
I direct, or -the result you alreadyl
lit,trioazeteer': and be nodded toward Captain
But you cannot," said. it is too
cruel, too inhuman; you" -
The general tut me short. tl have
no time, fraulein, to waete words. 1,
bare told you my decision, and yon'
will do as I say or take the copse-,
A./tiptoes. The mission will be made
very Simple, Very,..easy of accomplish -
mein, and by fulfilling it you will win
freedom for 'yourself and for your
lover -pardon me." and the man bowed
with mock politeness, "your friend and
patient, Captain Frazer. If you refuse
be will pay tbe penalty he deserves,"
For a bitter moment I steed torn be-
tween conflicting emotion; then my
eyes sought tbose of my poor patient.
Ile spoke to me, but his words, curl -I
ously enough, influenced me in a west
quite other tban intended. "Ace
cept," he said in French. taking tbs!
one ehance that they might tinders
ssotakindie.r.and his eyes told me the rest. Is
would be safe, and be -he didn't need'
to tell me -he knew how to die lite te
. With a despairing gesture 1 turned
from him and faced the German gene
eral, for I could not bear to Meet the
eyes of the man whoin I bad so strange
ly, suddenly come to know I loved,
"I will do what you say," answered
simply.
- Captain Frazer started to speak, but
with a voice so full of ghastly anxiety).
itw3hiaaavyt.eidt him
mmoaswt atoyr.e- nay heart from Itlat
body. A moment later the genera
In a way for which I could have strans
gled him with naylands If I had not It
far more important and subtle part td
After he had gone the general finlike&
"Before 1 go further," be said, "pere
haps it might be well to warn yea that
in the enemy's line there are many of
our spies," then his voice fiecams
harsh. "Fail us in the smallest pare
be is." Springing to his feet arid lee
.ticauniadrj.„ and yonr loner dies the
Ing toward ine until his face aim
ana thundetreti tint, 'rtio you untker41
tonched mine. he glared IntO my mon
•
"Yes, I understand only too well," t'
replied. "When do I start?"
"At once!"
-This morning at dawn you Will be
taken by ohe of our men to a point:
where, if you go straight a.bead ebont,
two miles, yon will 'find a break in the!
English line." In that way the Gerenani
,taleeT cotamand informed me that
be time had come for me to make
_mod my promise to play spy. Coll-
tinultJ.7,„ he said: "It will be guard
ef (area by the patrol. When Tonere
tilenged you will call out *Friend?.
'he sentry will say, 'Advance, friend*,
led give the, countersigni-that yo
elle of eourse, not know, lint he will
tee yon are a woman, a nurse, and will
gett shoot. Ile will undoubtedly send
on to the nenrest headquarters, and
there you will say that a very higlit
derman °nicer whom you had nurses*
end become so infatnated witb your
that be had helped you escape."
-11,111 they believe such a story?'
asIkleed.s
'mugged his shoulders and
plied, "Well, you will be there in the
flesh; your papers will prove you to be
what you state, autt your own ingenue,
ity must do the rest -that is your es.
fair. Once there you can feign illiaeseei
or, better still, after yesterday's a.ttaeinz
they will need nurses so despe *
you am manage at least to stay a few?
days. Or you can disguise
a peasant -they are OUCh 4
French pessantry, that beer
living in their homes at an
If we shell them out teaser lbw
t.o.--ow. You surely can
excuse to stay in one e
for a dm, or two, but limn 1
yon -you are clever en-ougb to
a situation far -more ditleattam
with a sneer. "All I demand
you ptsce the big guns for us.. Thartif
4, 4
are inkrty And are carefoily ec
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